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The purpose of this blog is to discuss Federal Government publications, their history and value, and make what the Government Publishing Office (GPO) does more open to the public. We encourage comments. Your ideas and concerns are important to ensure that a broad range of Americans are active and informed participants about GPO and Government publications.

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I came to this site after seeing the citizenship flashcards. I am a teacher who would like to use many of these materials, but cannot afford to purchase them- if they are property of the U.S. government, why can’t some be offered as files we can print ourselves?

Jackie: You’ll be happy to know that the Federal Government does provide free downloadable versions of these materials. The US Government Bookstore sells and distributes the pre-printed materials worldwide, but anyone can download the free versions from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services website. As a teacher, you will want to visit the Teachers page on the USCIS website http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/teachers where you will find downloadable versions of the flashcards under the Educational Products link. Thanks for writing, and enjoy!

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Reviews for new books are planned in advance based on the publications and promotions schedule, and for older books. in relation to key events on our promotions calendar and online bookstore collections that are being assembled. Unfortunately, we only include older books that are still being sold in our online bookstore and no longer do out-of-print books.

Books for the blog are chosen for a mix of new that need to get the word out and old that typically are tying into a significant date. Also, guest bloggers at GPO may have a personal interest in a particular book he or she wishes to write about.

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I only do the blog, but the Government Printing Office has a Facebook page and Twitter feed as well as a YouTube channel. You can find links to all of these in the right-hand column of our blog. Thanks for your comments!

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I was hoping to get some clarification on GPO treatment of “listserv,” which is set lowercase in Section 4, Capitalization Examples, of the GPO guide. Since LISTSERV is a trademark of a specific electronic mailing list software, it should not be used to refer generically to electronic mailing lists. (http://www.lsoft.com/corporate/trademark.asp) While I don’t believe there is any legal requirement to use all caps, using lowercase “listserv” can create a bit of confusion–i.e., whether the word in a particular document is being used to refer to an actual LISTSERV or some other kind of electronic mailing list. I also saw that the GPO uses a LISTSERV itself (http://listserv.access.gpo.gov/), and that site uses all caps throughout. That leads me to ask if “listserv” is being used generically in Section 4 of the GPO guide, and if so, if that is legal in terms of the trademark. The obvious question then, of course, is how we should be treating “listserv” in documents produced that follow GPO style.

After our GPO Style Board reviewed your post, here is the official reply:

I agree that it is a registered trademark. As Chairman of the GPO Style Board I will discuss this change with other members of the Board. Hopefully we can update this in the next edition of the Manual.

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AND SOMETHING ELSE:IN 1945 THE USA DESTROYED THE JAPAN
WITH TWO NUCLEAR BOMBS IN HIROSIMA AND NAGASAKI!TODAY
MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED:
-AFTER ELECTION IN JAPAN THERE IS A NEW GOVERNMENT.
THIS GOVERNMENT IS NOT SO FAITHFULL TO THE WEST(USA ,
NATO , …) AS THE PREVIOUS!
-THE EMPEROR AKAHITO HAS VISITED CHINA RECENTLY!
-THE JAPAN HAS MAKEN PETITION TO THE USA TO RETIRE THE BASE OF OKINAWA!
-THA JAPAN WANTED TO PRODUSE P/C WITH ANCIENT GREEK
CHARACTERS(LANGUAGE OF OMIROS)
AFTER ALL THESE:
-THE SYSTEM HAARP HAS EMISSIONED RADIO-FREQUENCY TO
THE IONOSPHERE!
-THE SCIENTISTS HAVE FINDED THAT THE CORRECT FREQUENCY IS 2.5 HZ IN ORDER TO MAKE EARTHQUAKE!!!
-THE HAARP SEND THIS FREQUANCY TO THE IONOSPHERE (2,5
HZ)AND THE IONOSPHERE MAKES REFLECTION TO THE SURFACE
OF EARTH!!!(AND UNDER OF THE LAND FOR MANY KM)!!!
-THE HAARP HAS EMISSIONED THIS FREQUANCY BEFORE THE
MIDNIGHT ON 08 MARCH 2011 , AND CONTINUE TO SEND
FREQUANCY ON 09 MARCH 2011 , AND 10 MARCH 2011!!!
-FINALLY , THE FREQUANCY OF 2,5 HZ CONTINUE TO
EMISSION FOR 10 HOURS THE DAY OF EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN
(9,0 R)
CONCLUSION:JAPAN NOT EXIST , WITHOUT USESING NUCLAER
BOMBS!!!

When reading limericks on press,
it gives one some hope.
That some governments have what it takes –
while others often seem to grope!
A sense of humour often does it;
if it’s not so bad…
that some foreign nationals sometimes find out,
after the French that they never had!
So would I put my name here?
was the first of my thoughts…
Or would my e-mail address get me
the non-governmental hi-bro glaring shots?
So have I gone ahead and taken my chance!
At a life that was meant for romance.

The past tense in romance is what I have got,
seven years have gone by…
itching my way to a scratch!

I AM ABLE TO USE THIS BLOG TO GET DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO LOCATE A PARTICULAR SUBJECT THAT I AM TRYING TO FIND A BOOK ON SO I CAN GET SOME ANSWERS ON QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP AT WORK AND NO ONE IN MANAGEMENT IS WILLING TO TAKE TIME TO FIND THE ACTUAL ANSWERS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

Really enjoying the blog! I work with our library’s gov pubs and like to search out our collection whenever you feature another book. I would love it if you could create a facebook page that posts links to your posts.

This blog has been such a refreshing change from
GPO. Thank you, Jim Cameron, and the powers-that-be that allowed him this venue. I have worked with government publications for 11 yrs. here at UNLV, but will shortly be leaving govpubs to work with children’s literature and curriculum at one of our branch libraries. I plan on staying tuned to this blog, and hope you will feature some of the publications aimed at children and K-12 teachers!

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Once your letter is received, you will be assigned a book dealer number and be able to buy books from GPO at a 25 percent discount and then resell them.

Only “conspiracy” was (1)the White House not telling the public that war with Japan was immanent
(2)State Department never said that they doubted if any of Japan’s real demands could be met. I was 10 years old on December 7 1941 when my parents sent me to the news kiosk for the special edition of the Boston Record.
“Dad, where is Pearl Harbor?”